vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-4277-1 (CVE-2019-9278): libexif vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 27, 2019
Added
Feb 12, 2020
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in the media content provider with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-112537774

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libexif12ubuntu-upgrade-libexif12
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